Cartridge-tube.



J. M. BROWNING;

CARTRIDGE TUBE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912.

1,095,801 w Patented May 5, 191

, nail and without JOHN M. Bnowmne, or OGDEN, UTAH.

gunmenurn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'lllay 5,1914.

Application filed November 19, 1912. Serial N 0. 732,214.

To all wZwn tz't mag/concern:

Be it knownthat I, JOHN M. BROWNING, a citizen of the Ogden, in theState of Utah, have invented certain newand useful Improvements inCartridge-Tubes, of-which the following is a specification.

My invention relates-t0 an improved form oftube for carrying cart-ridgesso that they may be quickly loaded into the magazine of a repeatingfirearm.

gPaper cartridge tubes have heretofore been made with a closure at thefilling end which requires the use of some tool to open it. This tool,usually a special device made for the purpose, must be carried'aroundand used whenever it is desired to load a magazine from the tube. a

- The principal object of my invention is to provide a form of closurefor cartridge tubes that can be easily opened with the finger the use ofany tool.' The convenience and advantage of this improvement, when usedby a sportsman in the field and in many other cases, will be easilyunderstood.

A further obj act is to provide in one form of the invention amovableclosure at each end of the tube so that cartridges can be loadedfromitinto. a magazine from either 7 end.

. The characteristics and advantages of the invention willbesufliciently pointed out in connection with a detailed description ofthe accompanying drawin which shows some of the possible embodiments ofmy invention. I

Figure 1 is a side view of one form of the tube with the feeding end ofthe tube open.

Fig. 2 is a side view with-the tube turned one-quarter way around. Fig.3 shows the feeding end of the tube closed. Fi 4 is a longitudinalsection showing the tu filled and the feeding end closed. Fig. 5 is asec tional view showing the tube inverted and in feedingrelation to animaginary ma'ga zine, the feedingend being open for feeding.

Fig. .6 is a modification in which the same closure may be used for bothends of the tube, and Fig. 7 shows the tube of; Fig. 6

with both endsclosed.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 5, inclusive, reference character 1 designates apa er cartridge tube of suflicient thickness to give considerablelateral'stiflness.

partly or. entirely any other suitable United States, residing at mg inthe connection with required by The bottom end '2 is closed by crimpingor in. way. ,The top or feeding end 1s cut away diagonally as at 3,leaving at one side a projection or tongue 4. The angle of the cut maybe varied considerabl l Vhen the feed end is open the tube is filledwith cartridges as shown inFig'. 4 and the feed and is then closed bybending or crimp ferred form thisbendingis'don 'in su'clr a 'way' thatwhen the tongue is closed it has a concave contour 5.

When it is desired to feed the column of cartridges into a magazine,-the tongue ,may easily be opened out straight by the finger nail. Thisleaves an angular discharge opening very conveniently adapted to beplaced against a gun stock, or other part of a gun containing a fillin'openng, in an angular position so that t e column of cartridges .willeasily slide out and pass through the filling opening and make theslight turn necessary to enter the magazine. Fig. 5 shows the tube openwith its filling endplaced against a part of a gun indicated by the linenow, adjacent to the filling opening y. 4 i

In some cases both ends of the tube may projection or tongue 4. inaprebe closed in the manner already'des'cribed in having its disc argeend diagonally formed and provided with an inte a1 closure so that theclosure may be readi y opened without the use of a special tool, and thed1scharge end angularly part to fill a magazine.

2. A paper cartridge tube having its dis-' charge end diagonally cut,the projecting part at one side of the tube so produced bein inwardlybent toward the center of the tu e forming a closure which may be easilyopened with thefinger nail to permit discharge of cartridges into amagazine.

3. A paper cartridge tube having its discharge end diagonally cut, theprojecting part atone side of the tube so produced being inwardly benttoward the center of the fitted against the gun A tube forming anintegral temporary closure angularly fitted against a gun part to fill amagazine.

5. A cartridge tube of relatively soft, flexible material provided atits discharge end with anintegral part projectin at one side of the tubein the direction of t e tube axis, said part being inwardly, concavelybent toward the center of the tube, forming a cartridge-retainingclosure which may be easily opened without the use of a special tool topermit discharge of cartridges into a magazine.

6. A cartridge-containing tube of paper, said tube having one enddiagonally cut, the

integral extending part thus formed being inwardly bent or crimped to.'removably engage the contained cartridges.-

7 A cartridge-containing tube of paper, said tube having each enddiagonally ut, the

extended parts thus formed being inwardly bent or crimped to removablyengage the contained cartridges, the closures thus provided' at each endof the tube being formed and adapted to retain cartridges by engagingeither the balls or the shell bases thereof.

7 JOHN MIBROWNING. Witnesses:

A. J. ANDRI, A. SALOPIN.

